1999
Towed system marine life attack reduction

Towed acoustical array systems on U.S. Navy submarines were experiencing damage and failures due to attacks from sharks and other marine life totaling more than $8.5 million between 1996 to 1998. TRI won the award to research the cause and deduced that the metal flashing looked like moving fish. TRI used a non-reflective coating on…

2005
TRI donates land to Westbank Community Library

Texas Research International began negotiations to donate approximately 10 acres for the purpose of constructing the Laura Bush Community library serving the western portion of the Westbank Community Library district. The Madrone Canyon trail is a five acre natural area between the the Library and the TRI complex and home to many endangered madrone trees…

2010
TRI moves into new company-owned building

TRI began development of an additional office complex on the remaining 19 acres in 2008. TRI International and half of TRI Austin moved into Suite 200 of Building B, occupying approximately 15,000 sq ft of the 50,000 square foot building in 2010. Currently Siemens, Kiewit Construction and Corel share the TRI buildings as tenants of…

TRI Australasia’s Warren Hornsey Featured on Geosynthetics Podcast

  The latest video podcast from Australia-based engineer Siamak Paulson (Golder Associates) checks in with Warren Hornsey, Director of TRI Australasia. The 16-minute interview highlights the value and role of independent geosynthetics testing on the Australian infrastructure market. It also underscores the need for college engineering programs and practicing engineering professionals to include geosynthetics in…

TRI Africa Provides COVID Support to Kamcare Orphanage

  Though TRI Africa Environmental Services is one of the newest members of TRI’s international group of independent, third-party engineering services providers, it has quickly become South Africa’s leading CQA consulting entity for geosynthetic liner integrity surveys. The company provides essential environmental protection verification, through monitoring geomembrane installations in waste management. It’s also looking out for its…

TRI International COVID-19 Statement

For over 45 years, Texas Research International’s mission has been improving the world – through innovation, testing, collaborative research and data.  Like so many organizations across our country and beyond, we rally behind our employees, communities, and portfolio of companies. We ensure our story during the COVID-19 crisis is one of due diligence, measure, and…

A New Labor Day Tradition

  Texas Research International, Inc. (TRI), a conglomerate of 13 employee owned small businesses employing over 120 scientists, loves to give back to its team members and have some fun. Though the company spends most of its time performing applied research, product development and lab services for a wide variety of industries, corporate staff wanted to…